More Information Than You Require Adapted [Audiobook, CD] [Audio CD]

John Hodgman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 29, 2009

Adapted CDs • 9 CDs, 11 hours

The New York Times bestseller by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman-The Daily Show's "Resident Expert" and the "PC" in the iconic Mac ads-picks up exactly where his first book left off.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Audio CD: 1 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Audio (October 29, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0143145134
• ISBN-13: 978-0143145134
• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #592,851 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Books on CD > Humor

Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hodgmanilarious, November 3, 2009

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This review is from: More Information Than You Require Adapted (Audio CD)

I wouldn't have thought it possible, but this product is even funnier, and more, than "The Areas of My Expertise."
The product information is incorrect. This product is actually 13 CD's.
I was delighted to receive an unexpected 4-CD surplus of Hodgmanian comedy concentrate.
Also included is an audio page-a-day calendar.
If you're a fan of comedy, like to laugh, enjoy things that are funny, or you just want to feel cool because of something you bought, this product is absolutely essential.
Additionally, Paul Rudd fans, Rachel Maddow completists, Dick Cavett historians, Sarah Vowell stalkers, Ira Glass scholars, and those who can tolerate Ricky Gervais, Zach Galifianakis, Robin Goldwasser or Paul F. Tompkins should feel a strong impulse to gather and own this product.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loves me some Hodgman, January 21, 2010

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P. Olsen "That Girl" (Amherst, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Information Than You Require Adapted (Audio CD)

I bought the audio version of this book instead of the paper version because of the Added Extra Awesome. I don't tend to get audio books, as I don't tend to spend that much time in the car or, I don't know, alone in my house or wherever you normally listen to audio books. But, we received Hodgman's other book on CD as a gift (after purchasing, reading, and getting signed the paper one) and it is so chock ful of extra hilarity that we decided to get this one in Pure Audio. Guests: funny. Hodg-voice-tone: extra funny. Teaching my 5 year old to shout "Were You Aware Of It?" in an echo-ey voice: also good.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding use of audiobook format, December 29, 2009

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Stephen Pack (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Information Than You Require Adapted (Audio CD)

The content of this book is quite humorous, very much in line with Hodgman's wry humor of his previous book as well as his "Daily Show" appearances, although his obsession with "molemen" can be a bit overdone.

It's a great audiobook due to how it uses the medium: the adaptation is so natural and use of guests is so amusing that it seems the format this material was intended for. The only exception is the "On this Date in the Past," which appear one-per-page in the book but are all presented at once in the CDs -- perhaps using them as audio chapter breaks would have maintained some of this variety.

The package actually contains 13 CDs; the main text of the book only occupies the first 7.